Bay Area Maintenance Contractors Announce Agreement with Janitors.

Workers' Wages and Benefits Enhanced; Customers Protected

SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- The leading building maintenance companies serving the Bay Area and Silicon Valley (but excluding the City of San Francisco

For the city, see San Francisco, California.

The City of San Francisco was a streamlined passenger train operated jointly by the Chicago and North Western Railway, the Southern Pacific Railroad, and the Union Pacific Railroad. ) today announced that they have concluded a new four-year Collective Bargaining Agreement The contractual agreement between an employer and a Labor Union that governs wages, hours, and working conditions for employees and which can be enforced against both the employer and the union for failure to comply with its terms. that successfully resolves all issues related to their local janitorial employees, including wage and benefit enhancements. Members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU SEIU Service Employees International Union
SEIU Special Education Intake Unit
SEIU Secondary Education Interdisciplinary Unit
SEIU Software Engineering Institute Union ) Local 1877 have reportedly ratified the agreement.

"We are pleased to achieve resolution in the mutual best interest of customers, employees and companies," said Jim Beard

For New Zealand architect James (Jim) Beard, see James Beard (architect)

James Arthur Beard (born August 26, 1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz pianist, contemporary instrumental composer, arranger and record producer. , chief negotiator for the Bay Area Maintenance Contractors. "Workers will receive higher wages and enhanced health benefits, and the agreement provides protection for all customers. Consistent with the outline of our original proposal, it successfully settles all of the issues in a 'win-win' manner."

The maintenance contractor companies involved in the bargaining include fifteen companies ranging in size from small family-owned companies to regional and national companies.

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